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wantu

wantu

Quechua

Noun

wantu

  1. sedan chair, litter

Declension

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

wan + tu

Adverb

wantu

  1. Instantaneously; in an instant.
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:17 (translation here):
      Tasol yu no ken kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai bilong givim gutpela save long wanem samting i gutpela na wanem samting i nogut. Sapos yu kaikai, wantu bai yu dai.”
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